Case or cabinet.



No. 673,976. Patented May l4, I90l. 'A'. G. CLAMPITT.

CASE 0R CABINET.

.UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALLEN G. CLAMPITT, OF HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS.

CASE OR CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 678,976, dated May 14,1901.

Application filed July 5, 1900. Serial No. 22,507. (No model.)

1'0 all w'ltmn it may concern;

Be it known that I, ALLEN G. CLAMPITT, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Highland Park, in the county of Lake and State ofIllinois, have invented an Improved Case or Cabinet, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to cases or cabinets of the general type adaptedfor containing tickets and the like and comprising a suitable casing anda plurality of separate receptacles detachably supported therein.

A primary object of the invention is to provide a case or cabinet ofthis type which shall combine the features of strength, simplicity, andrelative cheapness of manufacture.

To this end my invention consists of the various features, combinationsof features, and details of construction hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings a case or cabinet of my invention is fullyillustrated.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a portion of a case or cabinet of myinvention. Fig. 2 is a sectional side view thereof. Fig. 3 is asectional side view of a modified form of my improved case or cabinet.Fig. 4 is a bottom plan View of a receptacle forming part of my improvedcase or cabinet.

Referring now to the drawings,A designates the walls of my improved caseor cabinet, and A separate receptacles for tickets or the like,supported therein, both of which as regards their usual features may beof any desired or approved construction and will be readily understoodby persons familiar with the art from an inspection of the drawingswithout a detailed description thereof. .The receptacles A are supportedupon bars or plates A ,which, as shown, are secured at their ends to thelateral walls of the case or cabinet, and to which said receptacles aredetachably secured by means of hooks A on the bottoms of saidreceptacles, which are adapted to take under said bars or plates A Intheir preferable form, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, saidbars or plates A are provided with holes or openings Cb, adapted toreceive the hooks A which take under said bars or plates at the frontedges of said holes or openings, said bars or plates A extendingrearwardly from said holes or openings a sufficient distance to providea support for the rearends of said receptacles A. Preferably, also, thehooks A consist of springs secured to the bottoms of the receptacles A,said springs being preferably secured to said receptacles by insertingthem through sockets formed by struck-down portions a, of the bottoms ofsaid receptacles. In the preferable construction shown, also, thesockets for said springs taper rearwardly, and the rear ends of saidsprings are tapered to fit them, So that when inserted through andseated in said sockets said springs will be secured against furtherrearward movement relatively to said receptacles, all as clearly shownin Fig. 4 of the drawings. My invention contemplates, however, securingsaid springs to said receptacles in any other desired or approvedmanner.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings I have shown a modification of my invention.In said modification of my, improved case or cabinet the receptacles Aare supported upon bars or plates A", which are relatively narrow ascompared with the bars or plates A of the preferred form thereof, andthe hooks A are engaged directly with the rear edges thereof. Betweentheir front ends and their points of attachment to the receptacles A thehooks A are preferably bowed downwardly, so that they will bear upon thesupporting bars or plates only at points adjacent. to the front ends ofsaid hooks, so that when in full engagement with said bars or platessaid hooks will exert a lever action tending to hold said receptaclesflat upon said supporting bars or plates. Preferably, also, the extremefront ends of the hooks A will be bent downwardly to facilitate theirengagement with said supporting bars or plates.

In Fig. 5 of the drawings I have shown a further modification of myinvention, which relates particularly to the form thereof in whichspring-hooks A are used. Said modification consists in forming groovesor recesses a in the under side of the supporting bars or plates A whichwill be engaged by suitable catches a on the spring-hooks A when saidhooks are in full engagement with said bars or plates A As shown, thecatches a are formed by the portions of the springs A between thedownwardly-bent front ends tions thereof.

and downwardly-bowed intermediate por- My invention, however,contemplates other forms of catches a It is obvious that with thisconstruction the receptacles A will be secured to the supporting bars orplates A more firmly than in the other forms of the device. While insaid modification of my invention I have shown the hooks A as engagingrearwardly-exposed edges of the supporting-plates A it is obvious thatother details of construction and other dispositions of the elementsshown will naturally suggest themselves to persons skilled in the art.

I claim 1. In a case or cabinet for tickets or the like, the combinationof a suitable casing, bars or plates secured therein, receptaclessupported upon said bars or plates and means to detachably secure saidreceptacles to said bars or plates, said means consisting ofspring-hooks on 'the bottoms of said receptacles adapted to take underexposed rearward edges of said bars or plates and to exert a leveraction adapted to hold said receptacles down upon said bars or plates,substantially as described. 2. In a case or cabinet for tickets or thelike, the combination of a suitable casing, bars or plates securedtherein provided with rearwardly-located holes or openings, receptaclessupported upon said bars or plates and means to detachably secure saidreceptacles to said bars or plates, said means consistingof springhookson the bottoms of said receptacles adapted to be inserted through theholes or openings in said supporting bars or plates and to take underthe exposed edges of said bars 01' plates and to exert a lever actionadapted to hold said receptacles down upon said bars or plates,substantially as described. W 7 3. In a case or cabinet for tickets orthe like, the combination of a suitable casing, bars or plates securedtherein, receptacles supported upon said bars or plates and means todetachably secure said receptacles to said bars or plates, said meansconsisting of spring-hooks on the bottoms of said receptacles adapted totake under exposed rearward edges of said bars or plates and to exert alever action adapted to hold said receptacles down upon said bars orplates, said spring-hooks being bowed downwardly between their free endsand their points of attachment to said receptacles, substantially asdescribed.

4. In acase or cabinet for tickets orthe like, the combination of asuitable casing, bars or plates secured therein, receptacles supportedupon said bars or plates and means to detachably secure said receptaclesto said bars or plates, said means consisting of springs secured to thebottoms of said receptacles and adapted to take under exposed rearwardedges of said bars or plates, the rear ends of said springs beingtapered and being inserted through correspondingly-tapered sockets onthe bottoms of said receptacles, substantially as described.

5. In a case or cabinet for tickets or the like, the combination of asuitable casing, bars or plates secured therein, receptacles supportedupon said bars or plates and means to detachably secure said receptaclesto said bars or plates, said means consisting of spring-hooks on thebottoms of said receptacles adapted to take under exposed edges of saidbars or plates and grooves and catches on said springs and saidsupporting bars or plates adapted to be engaged with each other,substantially as described.

6'. In a case or cabinet for tickets or the like, the combination of asuitable casing, bars or plates secured therein, receptacles supportedupon said bars or plates and means to detachably secure said receptaclesto said bars or plates, said means consisting of spring-hooks on thebottoms of said receptacles adapted to take under exposed rearward edgesof said bars or plates and grooves and catches on said springs and saidsupporting bars or plates adapted to engage with each other,substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have hereuntoset my hand this 18th day of June, 1900.

ALLEN G. GLAMPITT.

Witnesses:

A. J. MEACHAM, BYRON B. CARTER.

